Gino Cecchettin, the father of
murdered 22-year-old biomedical information engineering student
Giulia, said on Monday he felt no anger but only thought of his
daughter "who is no longer there".
"I don't feel anger, I don't feel anything. I think of my Giulia
who is no longer there for me," Cecchettin told reporters as he
left his home in Vigonovo near Venice in the northern Veneto
region.
Giulia's ex boyfriend Filippo Turetta was arrested on an
international warrant in Germany on Sunday on suspicion of
kidnapping and murder after an eight-day manhunt in Italy and
nearby countries.
His arrest near Leipzig came a day after fellow biomedical
information engineering student Giulia's body was found with
many knife wounds to the neck and head, as well as defensive
wounds, in a gully near a lake in the northeastern Italian
Friuli region.
Turetta is due to be extradited to Italy in the coming days.
The case has grabbed headlines in the country and brought the
issue of gender-based violence (GBV) back to the forefront of
public debate.
On Thursday Premier Giorgia meloni said she was seeking
agreement on measures to up the fight against GBV and opposition
centre-left Democratic Party (PD) leader Elly Schlein has called
for an immediate law introducing compulsory education on respect
and affectivity in all schools.
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